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#71
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by David Pilling - June 28, 2024, 03:11:10 AM
House-plant craze leaves fragile landscape ransacked

A consumer craze for ornamental house plants has driven a family of cacti to the brink of extinction. Experts are warning over 80 per cent are in trouble because of the illegal trade.

Copiapoa cacti are highly desirable to collectors and this makes them a target for poachers who dig them up, trash the surrounding landscape, and then list them online in international markets.

Poached copiapoa have a grey tone and are coated in a dusty-looking bloom that protects the plants in one of the driest deserts on Earth, whereas cultivated plants appear greener


https://au.news.yahoo.com/house-plant-craze-leaves-fragile-landscape-ransacked-032959080.html
#72
Current Photographs / Re: June 2024
Last post by Uli - June 28, 2024, 12:43:08 AM
Quote from: Uli on June 25, 2024, 01:12:37 AMLilium Vico Gold
Raised by Sir Peter Smithers as Lilium sulphureum as one parent, this was once only available in the trade. It is very tall and needs careful staking and is best in shade in my climate. It is fragrant.
However, I sometimes wonder if I have not been sold the hybrid African Queen instead. The apricot touch makes me think this. But I am not a Lily specialist, is there someone around who would be able to tell them apart?

I have the reply to Uli's question on the Vico Lily.
My friend and Lily guru, Pontus Wallsten from Switzerland, said the
following:
"it looks like the fabulous, even rarer lilium Vico Queen"..."Vico gold is
yellow with a darker exterior"

Uli, I hope this helps.
Laura

Hello Laura,


Bingo..... that was excellent news, thank you very much for this information. It is indeed Vico Queen. I wrote my question from memory without checking the label. I did this morning and it says indeed Vico Queen. I got it many years ago from Dix Export. They have stopped to sell to individuals. It is good to have the identity of this plant confirmed by a knowledgeable person.

Thank you very much again 

Uli 
#73
Current Photographs / Re: June 2024
Last post by Too Many Plants! - June 27, 2024, 08:53:09 PM
Quote from: Robin Jangle on June 24, 2024, 12:08:49 AM
Quote from: Too Many Plants! on June 22, 2024, 03:42:41 PMWell, I wasn't expecting to be able to post a bulb flowering in the 101°F of late June. But here I am! Unfortunately I can't seem to locate the tag, and I'm not into disturbing the bulb while flowering or digging on my knees in 101°F for a tag 🏷�. To kill a gopher in my garden...for sure! But a 🏷� will have to wait. Maybe someone will recognize this (should be) South African species???

Forgot to mention...excited to see this bulbs very first flowering!!
It is a Crinum species - foliage resembles that of C. lugardiae but flowers will be needed to confirm.

Hi Robin, here are pics of the flowers...no scent really, and basically whitish. So I must have bought it for the foliage. I have at least a couple more Crinum that seem to be much slower than this guy. I've searched my records, but so far can't find where I purchased these, or what species they were purchased as. I tag most of my plants if they're not something I would know, but none of these I can find tags for.
#74
General Discussion / Re: Winter bulb storage and ha...
Last post by petershaw - June 27, 2024, 06:36:54 PM
Thanks for the feedback.

I have left all my 2023 seedlings in their pots, and have tried to water them a tiny bit a few times. They are in my greenhouse in my propagator under the bench and are staying reasonably warm.

I had some 2 and 3 years seedling pots that had to be divided and I tried to get them bare rooted in time for the BX but could not, so now I have bags of bulbs .... Some still tiny and others quite big with roots.

I am now trying to decide how many of the almost 100 different ones I can keep. Some are going on Reddit as trades or cheap sales or gifts.
#75
General Discussion / Re: Winter bulb storage and ha...
Last post by Ottoline Clapham - June 27, 2024, 07:56:43 AM
Hi Peter, I leave all my bulbs in there pots, seedlings , big bulbs, everything in there pots while dormant and then repot (if needed ) at the beginning of there growing season. Here we have a very hot dry summer and wet with occasional frost winter. My summer dormant bulbs get stacked into the potting bench box in the shade thus get the brunt of summer heat but in the shade. I am having great success with this method, and my Lachenalia are king. My winter dormant are subjected to the cold wind off the Sierras but protected from the rain all huddled under the table in out gazebo. I will try to add some pictures. 
Greetings Ottoline 
Zone 9b
#76
Current Photographs / Re: June 2024
Last post by Uli - June 26, 2024, 11:37:26 PM
Quote from: Rdevries on June 26, 2024, 12:04:49 PM
Quote from: Uli on June 25, 2024, 01:12:37 AMLilium Vico Gold
Raised by Sir Peter Smithers as Lilium sulphureum as one parent, this was once only available in the trade. It is very tall and needs a few careful staking and is best in shade in my climate. It is fragrant.
However, I sometimes wonder if I have not been sold the hybrid African Queen instead. The apricot touch makes me think this. But I am not a Lily specialist, is there someone around who would be able to tell them apart?

Hi Uli, i grow a few lilies but not this one. I passed your question on to a fellow lily enthusiast who grows Vico Gold and he agrees with you, too orange and likely African Queen. Plant Delights sells Vico Gold
Hello Rimmer,

Thank you very much for your reply. 
#77
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by MarkMazer - June 26, 2024, 04:07:23 PM
Across the desk. I bet many of us know of these folks.  https://www.nurserymag.com/article/paris-luquanensis-rare-plant/

Mark Mazer
Hertford, NC
#78
Current Photographs / Re: June 2024
Last post by Rdevries - June 26, 2024, 12:06:58 PM
Some Aurelian lilies blooming Here this past week. 
#79
Current Photographs / Re: June 2024
Last post by Rdevries - June 26, 2024, 12:04:49 PM
Quote from: Uli on June 25, 2024, 01:12:37 AMLilium Vico Gold
Raised by Sir Peter Smithers as Lilium sulphureum as one parent, this was once only available in the trade. It is very tall and needs a few careful staking and is best in shade in my climate. It is fragrant.
However, I sometimes wonder if I have not been sold the hybrid African Queen instead. The apricot touch makes me think this. But I am not a Lily specialist, is there someone around who would be able to tell them apart?

Hi Uli, i grow a few lilies but not this one. I passed your question on to a fellow lily enthusiast who grows Vico Gold and he agrees with you, too orange and likely African Queen. Plant Delights sells Vico Gold
#80
General Discussion / Re: Bulbs and pre-emergent her...
Last post by janemcgary - June 25, 2024, 11:44:23 AM
Interesting question. The site is sloping toward the street, so runoff might decrease persistence of Casoron. However, the bark itself would be a good home for wind-dispersed weeds from the unmaintained lots across the street. Perhaps I should just leave the eyesore for a year (no neighborhood committee here), then replant with inexpensive bulbs and seed some shade- and drought-tolerant grass over it. It's going to be summer-dormant whatever I do because of huge Douglas firs nearby. I surrounded the trees with Cyclamen hederifolium, which is effective about 9 months a year in a gravel mulch.
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